{"id":3063,"date":"2017-06-07T12:36:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T19:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=3063"},"modified":"2017-06-07T12:36:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T19:36:55","slug":"machine-quilting-practice-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2017\/06\/07\/machine-quilting-practice-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Machine quilting practice, part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This is the latest installment of the Lucy’s Nickels<\/a> project I’ve been doing. This time we were supposed to do swirls that overlapped to make a sort of curved crosshatching pattern. While it was fun to do, I suspect it would be more effective if I’d done more overlaps. We’re coming along on the project, though; the next one will begin fairly soon, though there’s no particular deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the latest installment of the Lucy’s Nickels project I’ve been doing. This time we were supposed to do swirls that overlapped to make a sort of curved crosshatching pattern. While it was fun to do, I suspect it would be more effective if I’d done more overlaps. We’re coming along on the project, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,299],"tags":[48],"class_list":{"0":"post-3063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-free-motion","7":"category-quilting","8":"tag-freemotion","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-Np","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5878,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/26\/quick-project\/","url_meta":{"origin":3063,"position":0},"title":"Quick Project","author":"Sandy","date":"February 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"I saw a little kit at the quilt shop the other day, and it made me giggle. 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